
Genebanks are considered as reservoirs and sources of alleles for crop improvement. ICRISAT genebank serves as a world repository of germplasm of its six mandate crops: sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)], pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.], chickpea [Cicer arietinum (L.)], pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh], groundnut [Arachis hypogaea (L.)], finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] and five small millets: foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.], little millet (Panicum sumatrense Roth.ex Roem.& Schult.), barnyard millet [Echinochloa crussgalli (L.) Beauv.], proso millet [Panicum miliaceum (L.)] and kodo millet [Paspalum scrobiculatum (L.)]. It conserves over 120000 accessions collected from different countries which are available as International Public Goods (IPG).Plant Quarantine Unit of the ICRISAT helps genebank in conserving healthy germplasm for the safe exchange of germplasm.